Improving Relationships with Food for Everyone
Cookery Classes & Workshops
Delivering our Shop & Cook Wise courses and workshops across Plymouth to teach essential cooking and life skills as well as offering food coaching.
Working with Livewell Southwest’s Weight Management clients to rekindle those lost cooking mojos.
Supporting ex-service veterans through our Bake and Banter project, using food as a therapy and a motivator.
Food Education
Teaching nutrition and cooking skills to primary school pupils in a fun way.
Talk to us about your idea or needs about children’s food education and we’ll work with you to tailor our service to suit you.
Demonstration Kitchen Hire
For events of any size, we have a demonstration kitchen/stage for you at competitive rates. Although we mainly cover the South West of England, please do enquire if your event is further afield, and if we can’t help, we’ll try to point you in the direction of someone who hopefully can.
Improving Relationships with Food in a Fun Way and Reinvesting Profits for Social Impact
Cookery Classes and Workshops
Delivering our Shop & Cook Wise courses and workshops across Plymouth to teach essential cooking and life skills as well as offering food coaching.
Working with Livewell Southwest’s Weight Management clients to rekindle those lost cooking mojos.
Supporting ex-service veterans through our Bake and Banter project, using food as a therapy and a motivator.
Food Education
Teaching nutrition and cooking skills in a fun way.
Talk to us about your idea or needs about children’s food education and we’ll work with you to tailor our service to suit you.
Demonstration Kitchen Hire
For events of any size, we have a demonstration kitchen/stage for you at competitive rates. Although we mainly cover the South West of England, please do enquire if your event is further afield, and if we can’t help, we’ll try to point you in the direction of someone who hopefully can.
Food Buddies South West 💚
Our Impact
We have worked with
Primary, Secondary, Surestart & Colleges
We have worked with
Children and their families
We have delivered
Food festivals large and small
Our demo kitchens have supported over
Public food events
Our Latest News
Mount Wise May 2025 Cook Wise Course
Another of our FREE Shop and Cook Wise courses at Mount Wise Community Centre - Mon 12th May and 19th May 9:30am to 12:00pm
Men’s 3 Day Cook Wise courses
FREE Men's Cook Wise courses in June at Poole Farm, Leigham, Plymouth. Wed 11th, 18th and 25th June 9:30am to 12:00pm. Lunch is provided (and cooked by you!). Places are limited so please get in touch asap to secure your place.
Men-opause Matters
We are so excited to share these upcoming multicultural Menopause Matters events with you. We have partnered with Wearejabulani, 360Pilates and The Plymouth Menopause Network to deliver these. We expect tickets to sell out quickly so if you are interested in...
Cooking at the Towers
Get cooking at the Towers with Food Is Fun CIC and learn some new recipes Friday 7 March, 10am to 12.30pm Friday 13 June, 10am to 12.30pm Friday 19 September, 10am to 12.30pm Friday 12 December, 10am to 12.30pm Contact Ashleigh on 0808 230 6500 or...
Bake & Banter
The Bake & Banter programme is a great opportunity to brush up on those essential cookery skills while having a good old banter with like-minded individuals
Plympton Co-op
We had a fantastic day in Plympton Co-op talking to the community about how we are supporting over 55's. Following consultation with some of the locals, we are now looking at running a monthly Menopause café in Plympton. Watch this space for further details. The Rees...
Reinvesting profits for Social Impact
We are proud to be a not-for-profit Community Interest Company. That means that when you hire anything from us, you are helping us to make a difference to those who need our help.
Any profit we make from our hires is reinvested into the organisation to part-fund our schools and community work.
Teaching essential cooking and budgeting skills alongside the importance of having a healthy balanced diet for overall health and wellbeing.
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